‘Best Baby Food’ Recipes

I got asked if I wanted to review a new book about baby food, The Best Baby Food. While we don’t have babies in the house any longer I thought it would be good to look at for my friends and readers who have little ones. I was pleasantly surprised by this cookbook. It’s full of great recipes for babies, and infants, but has so many recipes that are great for entire families!

What I like about this book in particular is that the chef worked with a registered holistic nutritionist. The beginning of the book focuses on the best foods for baby and has sections on organics, pesticides, growth hormones, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). There’s a list of the top 20 offenders (foods containing the most pesticide residue) and the clean 15 (those that contain the least.

Next the book goes into a section called “starting solids: 6-9 months.” This is where the recipes start rolling in. Food like blueberry puree, apple medley, roasted sweet potato puree, and celery root and chicken puree. Each recipe has a note at the top explaining the food, a tip from Chef Jordan, and a tip from Jill the nutritionist. They also give nutrient counts on each recipe.

Other chapters include:

Establishing Preferences (6-9 months)

Food for Toddlers (12 months+)

Snacks and Desserts

Most of the recipes call for organic or natural ingredients so you’ll feel good about making these recipes for your kids. And I mean kids, not just the baby in your life. This book contains recipes that will be in your family for a long time. I think I’m going to make this Roasted Summer Fruit recipe, and the Savory Rice Pudding with Basil. Baby food isn’t what it used to be and this book makes it easy to make great, quality food at home.

Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book. Affiliate links are used in this post so if you make a purchase, we will receive a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. Opinions are my own.

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ABOUT ALICIA: Alicia is the founder of Balancing Motherhood.com. Last year, she managed to stay sane while completing an MBA, working full-time, blogging, and still baking amazing birthday cakes — all while raising a young family at home.